June 2016

About the only thing as much fun as a long-distance trip on an electric motorcycle is a friend stopping by who is ON a long-distance trip on an electric motorcycle! On Tuesday, I was fresh back from the MREA Energy Fair when Ben “Benswing” Rich stopped by my house. He’s out on tour this summer […]

I had a blast at the MREA Energy Fair! In case you aren’t familiar with it. The Energy Fair is an event for renewable energy and sustainable living hosted by the Midwest Renewable Energy Association, in Custer, Wisconsin, on the weekend closest to the summer solstice. It’s one of the largest events of its kind […]

This is a guest post brought to you by EV enthusiast and fellow electric motorcycle builder Ned Funnell. He’s an engineer-turned-missionary who appreciates the simplicity and efficiency of electric drive, and doesn’t mind cleaner air for his 9-month-old. Demystifying the Slow Growth of the Fast Charging Network- or, Why EV drivers should gladly pay for public […]

I was pretty excited to see that there will be some new DC Fast Chargers coming to my area! In fact, just yesterday, three new chargers were commissioned; one in the Madison area, and two in the Milwaukee area. I was working in Milwaukee today, and thought I would stop in to check out one […]

Lately, a lot of people have been asking about using Nissan Leaf Cells in various projects, including smaller electric scooters. I happened to have my Vectrix battery pack out of the cycle, as I was planning on doing some work with it anyways. It LOOKED like a pack of 8 of these cell modules (for […]

A while back, I told you what I did NOT like about the Mitsubishi iMiEV electric car. I originally posted that blog when I only had the car for about two weeks. Well, I’ve been driving the car for a while now, and I thought it would be time to update my dislikes list, so […]